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BREAKING: CNN calls the Mississippi Senate race for Democrat Scott Colom.

Introducing Senator-Elect Colom.

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NYT: Kennedy family suing to block construction of Trump's arch in an effort to preserve JFK family memorial

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@GregoryDuaneBr2 @CNN And poetic justice from Hyde-Smith blocking his federal judgeship nomination in 2022.

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@EdKrassen Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked Scott Colom from a federal judgeship in 2022. On election night she said she had blocked him from being a Senator, too.

Cindy, meet Senator-elect Scott Colom.

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@MeidasTouch ✅Mississippi's first Black Senator since reconstruction
✅Mississippi's first Democratic Senator since 1982
✅ Handing Dems their biggest Senate majority in a decade

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@Acyn Historic.

✅Mississippi's first Black Senator since reconstruction
✅Mississippi's first Democratic Senator since 1982
✅ Handing Dems their biggest Senate majority in a decade

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@PollTracker2024 This would be earlier than typical -- in 2019, the first Democratic debate took place on June 26 with 20 participants.

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NEW: Just 32% of Americans approve of Donald Trump in Reuters/Ipsos poll—one of the lowest approval ratings of his career.

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WAPT: All votes have been counted in Hinds County, Mississippi and results are coming soon.

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@revumajiosu @HQNewsNow It's important to write their names 💙

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HAPPENING NOW: Oversight Dem responds to threats from Trump's Attorney General on his planned corruption investigations:

GARCIA: It's ironic that the Attorney General—the person at the center of the White House coverup on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation who won't release the all of the documents to the public—it's ironic that he's trying to give a lecture on the constitution.

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NYT: White House threatens Oversight Dem Robert Garcia who said Trump officials should "Lawyer Up"

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@BlackkPearlO @HQNewsNow Shameful

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@JarmuthMark @jamestalarico @TeamTalaricoHQ And clearly he's been laying the ground work for many, many years!

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James Talarico is bursting on the scene, but his inspiring message isn't new. Watch this 2019 speech where Texas got a preview of their future Senator.

TALARICO: Sometimes, politics brings out the worst in people. But there are times when people bring out the best in politics.

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New - Voting registration update - North Carolina

🔵 Democratic: +22,374
🔴 Republicans: -6,726

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HAPPENING NOW: Officials in critical Hinds County are counting ballots as Scott Colom's lead continues to grow in the Mississippi Senate race.

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BREAKING: Hinds county resolution board has started opening envelopes to count 817 accepted affidavit ballots.

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AP: Biden says he wouldn’t have run for a second term in 2024 if he knew he had cancer

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Mississippi U.S. Senate: 67 new "late-counted mail" votes from Hinds County

🔵 Colom: +61 (91.0%)
🔴 Hyde-Smith: +3 (4.5%)
⚪ Pinkins: +3 (4.5%)

Colom nets 58 votes, expanding his statewide lead to 3,167 votes (0.33 points). We expect affidavit ballots shortly.

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JUST IN: Mary Peltola expands her lead in the Alaska Senate race after a new ballot drop last night.

Peltola now leads with nearly 2 percentage points. If she wins, Democrats could have a majority of 56 seats.